Sales book pencil holder



Dec. 6, 1949 LQTTERER 2,490,141

SALES BOOK PENCIL HOLDER Filed July 25, 1946 Q 733 v a "a -.I 1111111111111 V/c 7'06 6: Z 0 775352 Patented Dec. 6, 1949 UNITED STATES,.PATENT OFFICE SALES BOOK PENCIL HOLDER Victor G. Lottercr, Baltimore, Md. Application July 25, 1946, Serial No. 686,239

2 Claims.

This invention relates to salesmens equipment and more particularly to sales-book covers to be employed for holding sales books.

In the conventional use of sales books, salesmen employ a backing that forms a table on which to support the book while orders and their copies are being made thereon. The difficulty in their use is that pencils cannot be held conveniently therewith. Although pockets have been used at the side of books, such do not meet the requirements adequately, especially when the pencil is outside, as it is apt to get broken or be hard to get out without unbalancing the book and causing it to fall out of the salemans hands.

It is an object of this invention to provide a new and improved sales-book folder that will avoid one or more of the disadvantages and limitations of the prior art.

In this invention it is the purpose to provide a new and improved sales-book folder than can retain a pencil for use therewith that will be available and convenient to use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a sales-book folder that may be applied readily for sales books as a holder therefor, and at the same time have practical facilities to suit the needs of the salesmen in the use of such sales-books, and at the same time be inexpensive to furnish.

Another object of this invention is to provide a new and improved sales-book holder having resilient means for holding a pencil, mounted on a metal background to prevent the pencil point from digging into cover when placing pencil in resilient holding means.

For a clearer understanding of the invention and other objects thereof, reference is made to the appended drawings and the accompanying specifications, which together illustrate and eX- plain a particular form of the invention by way of example, while the claims point out the general scope of the invention.

In the drawings the construction shows an embodiment of the invention in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a sales-book folder embodying this invention; in closed position;

Figure 2 is the sales-book shown in Figure 1, opened up;

Figure 3 is an end view of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is an enlarged view of spring and holder, and

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings,

The construction particularly emphasized in the drawings, consists of a folder cover consisting of two backings l0 and l I, hinged flexibly to a narrow middle piece l3. They are so arranged that they fold towards each other and form what looks like an empty book as in Figure 1. On the inside surface I2 of the middle piece [3 is placed a removable flat plate M with rounded end portions l5. Holes 5 are provided in the plate for rivets I! or other attachments to secure th plate in place. The middle portion l8 of the plate is cut out and bent with side hooks IS on which a closely coiled spring 20 is attached. This sprirg bends out convexedly on the middle piece as indicated. The peripheral portions 2| of the spring are left open and free while the inner portions 22 are also free, the hooks l9 however connect so as to hold the last rings of the coils and bring them against the back of the plate. The inner portions 22 are brought close together and form with the front of the plate a resilient holder for a pencil 24. The backings are provided with pockets 25 in which the last pages of the salesbooks used are inserted.

The folder is used with the sales-books in place, and the pencil in the coiled spring pencil holder. The holder holds the pencil on a single place and adjacent its middle which affords easy removal of the pencil. The plate reinforces the back piece and keeps it stiff and workable at all times. It avoids the slacking up of the back, its creasings and erratic bendings and the consequent cracking or other spoilage in its appearance under the hard usage that salesbooks are put.

While but one general form of the invention is shown in the drawings and described in the specifications, it is not desired to limit this application for patent to this particular form, as it is appreciated that other forms of construction could be made that would use the same principles and come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described claimed is:

1. A pencil holding plate unit for s les books and the like, comprising a plate of rigid material of quasi-rectangular form having a middle portion cut out on both sides of its long tudinal edges and formed into a pair of hooks raised upwardly above the plate and bent in opposite directions towards the longitudinal edges of t e plate, a coil spring having its end loops caught over said hooks so as to be held tensioned thereby and transversely across the plate into an armthe invention, what is ate contour providing a space between the spring and the adjacent surface of the plate for the insertion of a pencil longitudinally with respect to the plate for binding the middle portion of the pencil at one location to said plate, and means at opposite ends of said plate for attaching said unit to the interior surface of a sales-book.

2. A pencil holding plate unit for sales books and the like, comprisinga plate of'rigid material of quasi-rectangular form having a middle portion cut out on both sides of its longitudinal edges and formed into a pair of hooks raised upwardly above the plate and bent inppposite' directions towards the longitudinal edges of the plate, a coil spring having its endloops caught over said hooks so as to be held .tensionedthereby and transversely across the plate into an arcuate contour providing a space between the. spring and the adjacent surface of the plate for thBdHSBIfiOl'ltOf-fi. pencil-longitudinally with respect to the plate for; binding-the middle portion ofthe pencilatone location to said plate,- means forattaching said unit to; the interior surface 5 tions of said plate being rounded at the corners.

VICTOR G. LOTTERER.

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